公开(公告)号：US11960738B2

公开(公告)日：2024-04-16

申请号：US17975364

申请日：2022-10-27

Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Shivam Swami ,  Kenneth Marion Curewitz

IPC: G06F12/00 ,  G06F3/06 ,  G06F12/0804

CPC classification number: G06F3/0625 ,  G06F3/0634 ,  G06F3/068 ,  G06F12/0804 ,  G06F2212/1028 ,  G06F2212/205 ,  G06F2212/603

Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus related to a memory system that manages an interface for a volatile memory device and a non-volatile memory device to control memory system power. In one approach, a controller evaluates a demand on memory performance. If the demand of a current computation task needed by the host is high, a DRAM device is powered-up to meet the demand. Otherwise, if the non-volatile memory device is adequate to meet the demand, the DRAM memory is partially or fully-powered down to save power. In another approach, a task performed for a host device uses one or more resources of a first memory device (e.g., DRAM). A performance capability of a second memory device (e.g., NVRAM) is determined. A controller of the memory system determines whether the performance capability of the second memory device is adequate to service the task. In response to determining that the performance capability is adequate, the controller changes a mode of operation of the memory system so that one or more resources of the second memory device are used to service the task.

公开(公告)号：US11657002B2

公开(公告)日：2023-05-23

申请号：US17375455

申请日：2021-07-14

Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Samuel E. Bradshaw ,  Ameen D. Akel ,  Kenneth Marion Curewitz ,  Sean Stephen Eilert ,  Dmitri Yudanov

IPC: G06F12/1027 ,  H04W84/04

CPC classification number: G06F12/1027 ,  G06F2212/657 ,  G06F2212/68 ,  H04W84/042

Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatuses to accelerate accessing of borrowed memory over network connection are described. For example, a memory management unit (MMU) of a computing device can be configured to be connected both to the random access memory over a memory bus and to a computer network via a communication device. The computing device can borrow an amount of memory from a remote device over a network connection using the communication device; and applications running in the computing device can use virtual memory addresses mapped to the borrowed memory. When a virtual address mapped to the borrowed memory is used, the MMU translates the virtual address into a physical address and instruct the communication device to access the borrowed memory.

公开(公告)号：US11650742B2

公开(公告)日：2023-05-16

申请号：US16573490

申请日：2019-09-17

Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Kenneth Marion Curewitz ,  Shivasankar Gunasekaran ,  Ameen D. Akel ,  Hongyu Wang ,  Justin M. Eno ,  Shivam Swami ,  Samuel E. Bradshaw

IPC: G06F12/00 ,  G06F13/00 ,  G06F13/28 ,  G06F3/06 ,  G06F12/1027

CPC classification number: G06F3/0631 ,  G06F3/0607 ,  G06F3/0673 ,  G06F12/1027

Abstract: A computer system stores metadata that is used to identify physical memory devices that store randomly-accessible data for memory of the computer system. In one approach, access to memory in an address space is maintained by an operating system of the computer system. Stored metadata associates a first address range of the address space with a first memory device, and a second address range of the address space with a second memory device. The operating system manages processes running on the computer system by accessing the stored metadata. This management includes allocating memory based on the stored metadata so that data for a first process is stored in the first memory device, and data for a second process is stored in the second memory device.

公开(公告)号：US20220156201A1

公开(公告)日：2022-05-19

申请号：US17665823

申请日：2022-02-07

Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Kenneth Marion Curewitz ,  Sean S. Eilert ,  Hongyu Wang ,  Samuel E. Bradshaw ,  Shivasankar Gunasekaran ,  Justin M. Eno ,  Shivam Swami

IPC: G06F12/1009 ,  G06F12/1027

Abstract: A computer system includes physical memory devices of different types that store randomly-accessible data in a main memory of the computer system. In one approach, data is stored in memory at one or more logical addresses allocated to an application by an operating system. The data is physically stored in a first memory device of a first memory type (e.g., NVRAM). The operating system determines an access pattern for the stored data. In response to determining the access pattern, the data is moved from the first memory device to a second memory device of a different memory type (e.g., DRAM).

公开(公告)号：US11169930B2

公开(公告)日：2021-11-09

申请号：US16424427

申请日：2019-05-28

Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Dmitri Yudanov ,  Ameen D. Akel ,  Samuel E. Bradshaw ,  Kenneth Marion Curewitz ,  Sean Stephen Eilert

IPC: G06F12/1009 ,  G06F12/1027 ,  G06N5/04 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04W8/26

Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatuses of fine grain data migration in using Memory as a Service (MaaS) are described. For example, a memory status map can be used to identify the cache availability of sub-regions (e.g., cache lines) of a borrowed memory region (e.g., a borrowed remote memory page). Before accessing a virtual memory address in a sub-region, the memory status map is checked. If the sub-region has cache availability in the local memory, the memory management unit uses a physical memory address converted from the virtual memory address to make memory access. Otherwise, the sub-region is cached from the borrowed memory region to the local memory, before the physical memory address is used.

公开(公告)号：US11100007B2

公开(公告)日：2021-08-24

申请号：US16424420

申请日：2019-05-28

Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Samuel E. Bradshaw ,  Ameen D. Akel ,  Kenneth Marion Curewitz ,  Sean Stephen Eilert ,  Dmitri Yudanov

IPC: G06F12/1027 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04W84/04

Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatuses to accelerate accessing of borrowed memory over network connection are described. For example, a memory management unit (MMU) of a computing device can be configured to be connected both to the random access memory over a memory bus and to a computer network via a communication device. The computing device can borrow an amount of memory from a remote device over a network connection using the communication device; and applications running in the computing device can use virtual memory addresses mapped to the borrowed memory. When a virtual address mapped to the borrowed memory is used, the MMU translates the virtual address into a physical address and instruct the communication device to access the borrowed memory.

公开(公告)号：US20210081141A1

公开(公告)日：2021-03-18

申请号：US16573785

申请日：2019-09-17

Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Kenneth Marion Curewitz ,  Shivam Swami ,  Samuel E. Bradshaw ,  Justin M. Eno ,  Ameen D. Akel ,  Sean S. Eilert

IPC: G06F3/06 ,  G06F12/02 ,  H01L27/24

Abstract: A memory chip having a predefined memory region configured to store program data transmitted from a microchip. The memory chip also having a programmable engine configured to facilitate access to a second memory chip to read data from the second memory chip and write data to the second memory chip according to stored program data in the predefined memory region. The predefined memory region can include a portion configured as a command queue for the programmable engine, and the programmable engine can be configured to facilitate access to the second memory chip according to the command queue.

公开(公告)号：US20250147897A1

公开(公告)日：2025-05-08

申请号：US19017035

申请日：2025-01-10

Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Dmitri Yudanov ,  Ameen D. Akel ,  Samuel E. Bradshaw ,  Kenneth Marion Curewitz ,  Sean Stephen Eilert

IPC: G06F12/1009 ,  G06F12/1027 ,  G06N5/043 ,  G06N5/045 ,  H04L67/1097 ,  H04L67/568 ,  H04W8/26

Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatuses of fine grain data migration in using memory as a service (MaaS) are described. For example, a memory status map can be used to identify the cache availability of sub-regions (e.g., cache lines) of a borrowed memory region (e.g., a borrowed remote memory page). Before accessing a virtual memory address in a sub-region, the memory status map is checked. If the sub-region has cache availability in the local memory, the memory management unit uses a physical memory address converted from the virtual memory address to make memory access. Otherwise, the sub-region is cached from the borrowed memory region to the local memory, before the physical memory address is used.

公开(公告)号：US12045503B2

公开(公告)日：2024-07-23

申请号：US17515229

申请日：2021-10-29

Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Kenneth Marion Curewitz ,  Shivam Swami ,  Samuel E. Bradshaw ,  Justin M. Eno ,  Ameen D. Akel ,  Sean S. Eilert

IPC: G06F3/06 ,  G06F12/02 ,  H10B63/00

CPC classification number: G06F3/0659 ,  G06F3/0679 ,  G06F12/0246 ,  H10B63/84 ,  G06F3/0622

Abstract: A memory chip having a predefined memory region configured to store program data transmitted from a microchip. The memory chip also having a programmable engine configured to facilitate access to a second memory chip to read data from the second memory chip and write data to the second memory chip according to stored program data in the predefined memory region. The predefined memory region can include a portion configured as a command queue for the programmable engine, and the programmable engine can be configured to facilitate access to the second memory chip according to the command queue.

公开(公告)号：US11636334B2

公开(公告)日：2023-04-25

申请号：US16545837

申请日：2019-08-20

Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Samuel E. Bradshaw ,  Shivasankar Gunasekaran ,  Sean Stephen Eilert ,  Ameen D. Akel ,  Kenneth Marion Curewitz

IPC: G06N3/08 ,  G06F21/60 ,  G06N3/04 ,  G06N20/00 ,  G06F21/62

Abstract: A system having multiple devices that can host different versions of an artificial neural network (ANN). In the system, inputs for the ANN can be obfuscated for centralized training of a master version of the ANN at a first computing device. A second computing device in the system includes memory that stores a local version of the ANN and user data for inputting into the local version. The second computing device includes a processor that extracts features from the user data and obfuscates the extracted features to generate obfuscated user data. The second device includes a transceiver that transmits the obfuscated user data. The first computing device includes a memory that stores the master version of the ANN, a transceiver that receives obfuscated user data transmitted from the second computing device, and a processor that trains the master version based on the received obfuscated user data using machine learning.